Commission for Territorial Cohesion Policy and EU Budget (COTER)  

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The remit of the Commission for Territorial Cohesion Policy and EU Budget (COTER) covers

  • Economic, Social and Territorial Cohesion     
  • Structural Funds and Spatial Planning
  • Urban Policy and Housing
  • Transport and Trans-European Transport Networks
  • Macro-regions, Territorial cooperation, and Regional statistics and indicators
  • Annual EU budget, Multiannual Financial Framework, and Local and Regional Finances     

The COTER Secretariat is also responsible for the official EU register of the EGTCs and for managing the EGTC Platform bringing together political and technical representatives of all the existing EGTCs and EGTCs under construction.

In addition, COTER is in charge of the CoR's Territorial Impact Assessments (TIAs). TIAs provide CoR rapporteurs with an analysis of the potential territorial impact of EU legislative proposals.

Joint CoR-OECD activities – in areas such as the quality of public investment, decentralisation or regional, urban and rural development – are also managed by COTER. The key objective of the cooperation is to strengthen political dialogue between the OECD and EU local and regional governments and ultimately improve public policies that foster economic and social well-being.

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Head of Unit: Marie-Claire Neill-Cowper

Assistant to the HoU: Maria Smyth

Administrators:

  • Florian Achleitner, in charge of General Transport Policy, TEN-T, Road Transport, Rail Transport, Inland Waterways, Aviation
  • Marek Bobis, in charge of Budgetary Policy, Multi-Annual Financial Framework, EFSI, ESIF
  • Igor Caldeira, in charge of TIA: Coordination of CoR Territorial Impact Assessments, Regional Statistics and Indicators, European Territorial Cooperation
  • Slaven Klobučar, in charge of EGTC: Management of EGTC Platform, Cross-border cooperation, European Territorial Cooperation
  • Delphine Langlois, in charge of Macro Regions, Budgetary Policy, Multi-Annual Financial Framework, EFSI, ESIF
  • Gustavo López Cutillas, in charge of ESIF, Urban Policy, Housing, Spatial Planning, OECD Relations, Maritime Transport, Ports
  • Gordon Modro, in charge of Cohesion Policy, ESIF, Urban Policy
  • Lucy Tober, in charge of General Transport Policy, TEN-T, Road Transport, Rail Transport, Inland Waterways, Aviation


Assistants:

  • Lucia Bertola, in charge of the general support to COTER Commission and BUDG Working Group
  • Nicole De Vos (interim), in charge of management of EGTC register, General support to ​EGTC platform and TIA activities General Support to COTER Secretariat General support to COTER Commission and BUDG Working Group
To contact the COTER team, please use the Contact form (subject 'Territorial cohesion policy and EU budget')

  • State of play of connected and automated driving and future challenges and opportunities for Europe's Cities and Regions
    Publication date: 09.11.2018
    Theme: Urban mobility
    Keywords: COTER (Commission for Territorial Cohesion Policy)
    Author: Jürgen Pucher (project leader), Wolfgang Schausberger and Tanja Werneck (Metis GmbH).
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  • Comparative Analysis of the annexes to the Proposal for a Common Provisions Regulation (COM(2018) 375) and the CPR's annexes currently in force
    Publication date: 28.09.2018
    Theme: Financial instruments for cohesion
    Keywords: COTER (Commission for Territorial Cohesion Policy)
    Author: Bernd Schuh, Daniela Fessl (ÖIR GmbH) and Sanja Brkanovic (RegioGro)
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  • Simplification measures in the Cohesion policy proposals for 2021-2027 and impact of the CoR political work
    Publication date: 28.09.2018
    Theme: Cohesion policy reform
    Keywords: COTER (Commission for Territorial Cohesion Policy)
    Author: Kai Böhme, Amparo Montán Montesinos, Giacomo Salvatori, Frank Holstein (Spatial Foresight), in collaboration with Nicola Brignani, Luca Santin, and Giovanni Familiari (t33)
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  • Spatial planning and governance within EU policies and legislation and their relevance to the New Urban Agenda
    Publication date: 03.05.2018
    Theme: Urban policy
    Keywords: COTER (Commission for Territorial Cohesion Policy)
    Author: Erich Dallhammer, Roland Gaugitsch, Wolfgang Neugebauer (ÖIR GmbH) and Kai Böhme (Spatial Foresight GmbH).
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  • State of play and future challenges of the European Social Fund in promoting social cohesion in Europe’s cities and regions
    Publication date: 10.04.2018
    Theme: European Structural and Investment Funds
    Keywords: COTER (Commission for Territorial Cohesion Policy)
    Author: François Levarlet and Dea Hrelja (t33 Srl) with the collaboration of Mike Beke, Roland Blomeyer, George Maridis, Elsa Perreau, Margarita Sanz (Blomeyer & Sanz), Caroline Chandler and Stephan Kreutzer (CSES).
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  • EGTC monitoring report 2017
    Publication date: 21.03.2018
    Theme: Cross-border and territorial cooperation
    Keywords: COTER (Commission for Territorial Cohesion Policy)
    Author: Sabine Zillmer, Sebastian Hans, Christian Lüer, Amparo Montán (Spatial Foresight) in collaboration with Chien-Hui Hsiung (ÖIR), Paola Le Moglie and Karina Carius de Barros (t33) with additional editing from Tim Wills (t33).
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  • New financial rules applicable to the general budget of the European Union – Impact on Local and Regional Authorities
    Publication date: 19.09.2017
    Theme: European Structural and Investment Funds
    Keywords: COTER (Commission for Territorial Cohesion Policy)
    Author: Jorge Núñez Ferrer (CEPS)
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  • Key challenges and opportunities for Cities and Regions and MFF post 2020
    Publication date: 20.06.2017
    Theme: European Structural and Investment Funds
    Keywords: COTER (Commission for Territorial Cohesion Policy)
    Author: Jorge Núñez Ferrer, David Rinaldi, Arnd Hassel (CEPS), Martin Nesbit, Andrea Illes and Kamila Paquel (IEEP).
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  • EGTC monitoring report 2016 and impacts of Schengen area crisis on the work of EGTCs
    Publication date: 06.04.2017
    Theme: Cross-border and territorial cooperation
    Keywords: COTER (Commission for Territorial Cohesion Policy)
    Author: Sabine Zillmer, Sebastian Hans, Christian Lüer, Amparo Montán, Maria Toptsidou (Spatial Foresight) in collaboration with Bernd Schuh, Chien-Hui Hsiung (ÖIR), Pietro Celotti and Paola Le Moglie (t33).
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  • EPRS StudiesOutermost regions of the EU - Towards a renewed strategy (Briefing)
    Publication date: 01.03.2017
    Theme: Territorial cohesion, Cross-border and territorial cooperation, Transport policy
    Keywords: EPRS Studies, COTER (Commission for Territorial Cohesion Policy)
    Author: EPRS
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  • EPRS StudiesArctic continental shelf claims - Mapping interests in circumpolar North (Briefing)
    Publication date: 01.01.2017
    Theme: Trade (incl. TTIP), Sustainable mobility, Climate change policy, Water transport
    Keywords: COTER (Commission for Territorial Cohesion Policy), EPRS Studies
    Author: EPRS
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  • The potential of closing the missing links of small scale infrastructure in Europe’s border regions for growth and employment - Recommendations for the way ahead
    Publication date: 19.06.2016
    Theme: Transport policy, Rail transport
    Keywords: COTER (Commission for Territorial Cohesion Policy)
    Author: Jürgen Pucher (Project Leader), Wolfgang Schausberger and Jakob Weiss (Metis GmbH).
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